The Discover Fan Loyalty Poll Found Nearly Half Of College Football Fans Would Multitask If Their Favorite Team Was Playing During Trick-or-treating And Simultaneously Watch The Game While Handing Out Candy. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Don’t be surprised if your college football-loving neighbor answers the
door with a candy bowl in one hand and a remote in the other the next
time the game airs during trick-or-treating.

It’s no trick that fans again chose Alabama as the best college football team in the country, at a whopping 45 percent. Oregon and Ohio State rounded out the top three.*

The Discover Fan Loyalty Poll is conducted twice a month by Rasmussen Reports, a nationally recognized leader in polling, who gathers sentiment by phone from 1500 college football fans who follow games at least once per week on television, radio, in person or online. The Poll leads up to the 2014 Discover Orange Bowl. Discover’s commitment to college football includes relationships with ESPN and Notre Dame Football on NBC.

*Fans were polled during the week of Oct. 13, 2013.

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